Austrian
with Turkish origins rejected by gym (Austrian Times):
" It is unbelievable that a young man with Turkish
origins was denied membership at a gym due to his appearance,
stated Vahide Aydin, spokesperson for migration from the Green
party"

BALKANS: Eastern
Europe: For the rights of children beyond borders (AlertNet):
"Worried by children being sent back to the Balkans from
the EU States, Terre des hommes and ten NGO partners are looking
into an analysis of these procedures of return. After this analysis,
it will be a question of getting the systems of all the countries
concerned to respect child rights and to ensure a follow-up of
these children when they have gone back to the country of their
familys origin"

BALKANS: Media
freedom increasing in some countries (SETimes.com): "The
international organisation Reporters Without Borders noted significant
media freedom improvements in Serbia and Croatia, prompting reflections
by professional journalism associations of how conditions for
press freedom in the region have improved"

CYPRUS: Authorities
detain Syrian family who sought to reach Sweden (Cyprus
Mail): "Fearing that asylum seekers in Cyprus are detained
indefinitely, a Syrian family tried to sneak in and out of the
country on fake passports to seek asylum elsewhere but were detained
by authorities, their family has said"

Czech
senate impeaches outgoing president Vaclav Klaus(Jurist):
"The Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic on
Monday voted to impeach outgoing President Vaclav Klaus for charges
of treason. After a 38 to 30 vote, the Senate filed a complaint
in the Constitutional Court averring that Klaus violated the
constitution by refusing to appoint judges, refusing to ratify
European treaties after adoption by the Senate and declaring
a broad and controversial amnesty in January."

CZECH REPUBLIC: Klaus'
amnesty remains valid, Constitutional Court not to check it(Prague Daily Monitor): "The Czech Constitutional
Court (US) will not be checking the controversial New Year's
amnesty declared by President Vaclav Klaus because checking amnesties
is not within its jurisdiction, US secretary general Ivo Pospisil
told journalists, referring to the US's decision Tuesday"

CZECH REPUBLIC: Police
seek breach of peace charges for toy gun attack on Klaus
(Prague Daily Monitor): "The Czech police have proposed
that Pavel Vondrous, 26, be charged with breach of the peace
for his airsoft gun attack on President Vaclav Klaus at a public
event in north Bohemia last autumn, police spokeswoman Vlasta
Suchankova told CTK Tuesday"

FRANCE:Is
Le Pen France's 'most popular' female politician?(France
24): " French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has said
she was the countrys most popular female politician after
coming second in an opinion survey, describing the top ranker,
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde, as a stateless
politician"

GREECE: Press
freedom on the chopping block(Inter Press Service):
"Saddled with a long list of woes brought on by an economic
crisis, debt-stricken Greece now finds itself tackling a different
kind of austerity than the one implemented by its European creditors:
this time it is press freedom, not public budgets, on the chopping
block"

GREECE: Prisoners
riot in Nafplio over inmate's death(Ekathimerini): "Inmates
at Nafplio Prison in the northern Peloponnese on Tuesday burned
mattresses in the exercise yard and refused to return to their
cells, prompting authorities to call in the riot police to restore
order"

Infographic:
Cybersecurity in 2012 (IFSEC Global): "As the
brightest and best in information security gather at the RSA
Conference in San Francisco, a number of industry reports are
being released"

ITALY: Bari
mayor stops attempted self-immolation (Gazzetta del Sud):
"Bari Mayor Michele Emiliano on Thursday stopped a man
from setting himself on fire in the foyer of the southern Italian
city. Emiliano, who was doing an interview, stopped the visibly
agitated 60-year-old man as he started to pour the fuel over
himself"

Lithuania
and Serbia discuss bilateral cooperation (The Lithuania
Tribune): "At consultations on 6 March in Vilnius, Lithuanian
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Vytautas Lekevic(ius and
Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Ljubica Vasic'
discussed bilateral relations and possibilities for cooperation,
Lithuanians upcoming Presidency of the Council of the European
Union and Serbias progress in meeting the criteria for
EU accession"

RFID
Tags: Securing the Internet of Things (IFSEC Global):
"Barcodes have long been the backbone of traditional
supply-chain management. However, with tracking requirements
becoming ever more rigorous in specific industries, there has
been a tangible shift towards the adoption of RFID tags, as the
technology of choice, for monitoring mobile assets."

SPAIN: Immigrant
groups say Spanish hospitality in danger(Inter Press
Service): "We used to be seen as really useful,
and now were a pain in the neck, said Roberto Suárez,
an Ecuadorian who was complaining about proposed fines or prison
sentences that could target Spanish citizens who help undocumented
immigrants"

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